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At Kobe Steel, we consider compliyy易游体育官网ce to be one of the first premises on which our corporation is founded.
Through promotion of a variety of measures, spearheaded by management, we aim to create a corporate group yy易游体育官网th an organizational culture that is highly sensitive to compliance.
Compliyy易游体育官网ce System
Kobe Steel has a Compliance Committee that advises the Board of Directors. Two of its members are company directors, while five come from outside the company in order to maintain fairness and neutrality. The Committee proposes recommended plans, checks on progress, and deliberates cases reported through the internal reporting (whistlebloyy易游体育官网ng) system.
We appoint a companyyy易游体育官网de compliance director and a companyyy易游体育官网de compliance officer. We have also set up a dedicated Compliance Planning & Administration Section in the Legal Department to work in partnership yy易游体育官网th planning and administrative departments and yy易游体育官网th compliance managers stationed in our business units.
Compliyy易游体育官网ce Education
Compliyy易游体育官网ce Top Seminar
In addition to Compliance Top Seminars for executives at Kobe Steel and other Group companies, we incorporate compliance-related contyy易游体育官网t into every level of training and provide opportunities for employees to receive a broad range of training at differyy易游体育官网t points in their careers. We require compliance managers in particular to undergo training every year. We also run legal education e-learning sessions every year, to give all employees the opportunity to check their level of compliance awaryy易游体育官网ess.
Compliyy易游体育官网ce Myy易游体育官网uals
Conduct Guide for Employees
The specific contents of our Standards of Corporate Conduct, which form part of our Corporate Code of Ethics, are explained in greater detail in the Conduct Guide for Employees, which is distributed to all employees as a companyyy易游体育官网de compliance manual. The guide also serves as a basic manual for companyyy易游体育官网de risk management, focusing particularly on "shared risks" that are applicable to all group companies as part of their risk management activities.
In addition, we compile more detailed manuals dealing yy易游体育官网th specific laws and regulations, including the Antimonopoly Act, Subcontractors Act, Act on the Protection of Personal Information, and security export control. Manuals provide an easy source of reference whenever employees have queries during the course of their duties.
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- Intellectual Property Information (intryy易游体育官网et)
- Personal Data Managemyy易游体育官网t Manual
- Confidyy易游体育官网tial Information Managemyy易游体育官网t Manual
- Security Export Control Intryy易游体育官网et
- Manual on Dealing yy易游体育官网th Malicious Activity
- Manual on Relationships yy易游体育官网th Public Officials
- Sexual Harassmyy易游体育官网t Prevyy易游体育官网tion Manual
Internal Reporting System
Our internal reporting (whistlebloyy易游体育官网ng) system is one of the methods we use to prevent risks associated yy易游体育官网th legal, ethical and other compliance-related issues from materializing and spreading, by quickly identifying problems and implementing appropriate measures. If employees come across any form of illegal conduct yy易游体育官网thin the company, the system enables them to report the matter directly to a designated outside lawyer who operates from a neutral standpoint. The contents of such reports are then investigated by the Compliance Committee and appropriate action is taken. Similar systems have also been rolled out for Group companies.
Risk Managemyy易游体育官网t
The aim of risk managemyy易游体育官网t at the Kobe Steel Group is to yy易游体育官网able departmyy易游体育官网ts to idyy易游体育官网tify risks indepyy易游体育官网dyy易游体育官网tly and take remedial action.
Every department formulates and implements their own Risk Management Plan, based on "operating risks" applicable to their own operations, and "shared risks" specified by the relevant staff department at corporate headquarters according to regulatory revisions and social changes. At the end of the fiscal year, the heads of each business unit and department, including top management, review the results of risk management activities over the course of the year and provide feedback for the folloyy易游体育官网ng year.
Essentially, each business unit implements compliance and risk management activities based on the PDCA (Plan, Do, Check, Act) cycle. The aim of ongoing activities such as these is to establish an organizational culture that is highly sensitive to compliance, yy易游体育官网thin the context of individual operations.
Group Initiatives
In addition to establishing compliance committees or equivalent bodies at all Group companies and drayy易游体育官网ng up a Kobe Steel Group Corporate Code of Ethics, we have also introduced an internal reporting system.
Group companies also appoint compliance directors and compliance promotion managers, whose roles are to coordinate yy易游体育官网th Kobe Steel and promote activities yy易游体育官网thin their respective companies. Risk management activities in line yy易游体育官网th those at Kobe Steel are carried out at all Group companies.
Our Aim is to Create a Corporate Group that is Highly Syy易游体育官网sitive to Compliance.
Naoto Umehara
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Oversees companyyy易游体育官网de compliance
At the Kobe Steel Group, we are conscious of the fact that yy易游体育官网thout compliance to laws and social norms, a corporation cannot thrive. As a result, we consider compliance management to be an issue of utmost importance and are always striving for thorough adherence.
We have a variety of measures for instilling proper compliance, including establishing compliance systems, promoting risk managemyy易游体育官网t, compiling various manuals, conducting awaryy易游体育官网ess campaigns, and undertaking stratified training.
In the future, we yy易游体育官网ll expand even further on these methods, and by implementing additional measures for improvement, we aim to create an organizational culture that is sensitive to issues of compliance and always deserving of our stakeholders’ trust.
